Contraceptives have been in use for thousands of years. A cave painting in France thought to be 15,000 years old shows what is possibly the first illustration of a man wearing a condom. In ancient Egypt around 1500 BC, women would mix honey, sodium carbonate and crocodile dung into a pessary and insert it into their vaginas before sex. In ancient China, concubines used a drink of lead and mercury in order to prevent pregnancy. Over the centuries contraception has evolved into what is available today.

What is Emergency Contraception (EC)

Emergency Contraception also called Post Coital Contraception or Morning After Pill is a form of birth control method that can be used by women who have had unprotected intercourse or have used a birth control method that may have failed (eg. “burst”condom, missed pills) or when forced intercourse has occurred.